Sunday, March 22, 2009
PRICELESS?
As i read "the cost of tomatoes" i feel sick just knowing that the tomatoes we use to make beef stew, soup, sandwiches and our favorite dishesjust might be the very ones that "slaves" in Imokalee, FL. Its a kind of sickness that just makes me week at the knees. Its like i want to tell these people thank you, but im scared they might take it the wrong way...you know? I think that we as "AMericans" should open our eyes to everything that is given to us. We should look at the details from which these things come from, who is working on the item and what we actually use them for. We overlook everything that has meaning to it.....EVERYTHING! We never take the time to think about the hard times that others have to go through so that we can live manageable lives. Some of these people make less than a dollar a day. The things that they do for us so that we can be happy is paying a big price......its taking their happiness and turning it into pain and hardships. Overall, i as well, need to take everything to its simplest form. Be happy for what you have and love what is given because those who provide it, may not have the same smile we would have.....think about it.
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I agree that we need to take the time to appreciate all that we have as Americans. It would be nice to show those who make all we have possible our gratitude. However, from their prospective as Eldon pointed out, they are here because of how much worse things are where they are from. They are here for work and money that is not available for them in their countries. I don't think any of us can truly understand how bad things must be for them at home. To us the conditions are terrible and we pity them and feel guilty eating the fruits of their labor. In reality conditions are most likely the same or better than where they came from.
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